For $1300, Japanese fans of the series will be able to purchase Resident Evil 6 bundled with a replica of protagonist Leon's coat.

I sometimes think about what I'd buy with $1300. A giant TV, perhaps? Some new clothes? A bookcase? Oh, I know! A plane ticket to Japan! I've always wanted to take a vacation there. And while I'm there, according to developer Capcom, I could take a few minutes out of my holiday to find and purchase one of its limited Resident Evil 6 Special Edition packs. The pack would cost me a cool $1300 (105,000 Yen), much like my plane ticket, and would include four phone case covers and a snazzy replica of Leon's leather jacket.

The pack is available for pre-order now (the discs are "printhing [sic]," according to the listing), with Leon's jacket available in Small, Medium, Large, or Extra Large. No translations mention a Leon-coat designed in a female cut. The phone covers shown on the page reveal that Leon, Chris, Jake, and "SECRET" will feature on one phone cover each. At the moment the pack is only available to Japanese gamers.

The jacket would seem to be the main focus here, though. What can we say about it? It's made of leather, has many functional pockets, little shoulder-hook things and a few cosmetic strips here and there. Leon looks dashing enough in it. Do leather jackets normally cost this much? What kind of leather are we talking here? While we're on the subject, an official replica of Adam Jensen's (hot as all proverbials) trenchcoat is a fraction of the price. But then again, it doesn't include phone covers or a copy of the game.

Resident Evil 6 and its $1300 Japanese Special Leathery Edition will be released on October 2 2012.

So instead of gamers raging on Capcom, we have to deal with tons on tons of Mass Effect threads?

I know Capcom has always been a company testing just how much they can get away with, but 4 digits for a lousy jacket and some phone covers? I don't know any special editions come close to that in terms of price, regardless of content.

its not that ridiculous.it is a real leather jacket plus game plus swag.so its okay?

The vid was great, thanks for that!

sigh... anywho...

Why this is:

Go take that airline trip to Nippon, it may open your eyes to the culture of the country.

What this would seemingly appeal to is the Gyaru, or Gyaru-o fashion and youth culture. Japan is interesting in that having "money" and sloshing it around is both fashionable and attractive. Really a very desirable activity. Wearing an expensive, rare (if even cheaply made) leather jacket is a statement... one that says "I have enough money to blow on bullshit and not think twice about it".

This is simply a cultural repetition that goes back to the feudal era where a prominent person would have lavish silks, overly decorative furniture, and retainers following one around.

More western countries seem to value individuality (or at least cater to it on the low end), where as, Asiatic countries "tend" to value family position and status. Something like this is not meant for a person who has to "decide" how to spend their little 60 dollars, it is meant for someone who may blow a few thousand dollars a month on designer clothing.

The lesson here for would be travelers to Japan. "I have money and you don't" is extremely common and desirable. Not knowing the difference at a glance between a dolce and gabbana and some crap one buys at a shop-mart is an indicator of one's low brow culture and peasant upbringing. This is no different.

That is, just how it is, in many of the youth driven circles of the country.

While I guess that would be good for diehard fans who gonna cosplay him but surely it would be cheaper to get a similar looking jacket or making one yourself if you're going to cosplay him. Both result should be cheaper than the $1300 jacket.